PROJECTS IN DRAWING: THE FIGURE NYU / ROBERTO CARACCIOLO Fall 2010 Tuesday 3:00 - 6:20

Undergraduate 3 credit course. Some experience in drawing required. The course will deal with the figure, drawn from life with a model, or from the past as in paintings and sculpture. Using a wide range of materials such as: charcoal, “sanguigna”, pencils, ink and wash, tinted papers high-lighted with white chalk, and watercolors. Starting from a common approach leading into a personal one, as one overcomes technical problems. There will be class discussions on the work done, and also examples from the past, demonstrations and three slide lectures: “Classical Drawings”, “The Nude in Renaissance Art” and “The Figure in the 20th Century”. You will be expected to draw in museums and from monuments in the city. Assignments will be given regarding specific materials, subjects and approaches.

Attendance is extremely important. Three absences constitute a failing grade. Each absence will erode the grade. Frequent lateness will count as an absence. You will be graded primarily according to how hard you work, how much commitment you bring to the class as a whole, on the progress made and lastly on the quality of the work. If you need to reach me I can be reached at home, in the evenings, at 06-6865431 or on my cellular phone 339 8614659. My e-mail address is: [email protected]

Class Requirements Attendance Participation in class discussions Completed assignments A folder with all the work done

September 7 Introduction. Line drawing in charcoal from the model. Fast sketches. Assignment: Finding your materials. Fast sketches.

September 14 Centering the figure on the page and relation of proportion between the two. Slower more complete drawings. Assignment: Full figure drawings. Ten fast sketches.

September 21 Discussion of work. Drawing from the model. Charcoal or “sanguigna”. Slide lecture on “Classical Drawings, part I”. Assignment: Line drawings.

September 28 Drawing from the model. We will be attending a lecture on Bronzino. Assignmet: “Sanguigna” or charcoal. Full figure drawings. Four different views, using unlikely angles with shading.

October 5 Drawing in the Museo degli . Assignment: Drawings of figure from the past by going to another museum such as the Galleria Palatina at .

October 12 Discussion of work. Drawing from the model. Shading; modeling form through light. Slide lecture on “Classical Drawings, part II”. Assignment: Introduce some shading.

October 19 Drawing from the model. Ink and wash. Slide lecture “The Nude in Renaissance Art”. Assignment: Ink and wash drawings.

November 2 Details such as hands. Assignmet: A hand, a foot.

November 9 Drawing from the model. The head. Slide lecture on “Heads, Hands and Feet”. Assignment: Portrait or self-portrait.

November 16 Drawing in the Accademia Museum ( sculptures). Assignment: Figure drawings inspired by past works of art. Drawing from sculpture.

November 23 Drawing from the model. Free choice of material and approach. Assignment: Free choice of subject and technique. Possibly studies from a monument or a painting chosen in the old part of .

November 30 Personal project. Slide lecture “The Figure in the 20th Century”. Assignment: Final, personal project. Preparation for a selection of works for show.

December 7 Presentation of all work done for final discussion and choice of drawings for the end of semester show. Assignment: Conclusion of personal project. December 14 Final drawing session.

NYU in Florence provides each student with a museum membership card. This card grants free unlimited admission to the following state museums in Florence: Uffizi, Accademia, Pitti, Palatina, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Costume, , San Marco, , Cappelle Medicee, Cenacolo di Andrea del Sarto a , Villa Medicea di Castello, Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano, and Villa Medicea della Petraia. Students are required to bring this card to every site visit for this class . If students fail to bring their card on the day of a class visit or they lose their card, they will be required to pay for their own admission to the museum. If the card is stolen, please tell the Office of Academic Support in Villa Ulivi immediately.

Materials Required:

A large drawing pad (approx. 20” x 15”). A small pad (spiral bound 10” x 8”). Charcoal (carboncino), 1 “sanguigna” stick, pencil (matita 2B) and eraser (gomma pane).

Optional: Black or “Seppia” ink, pen with nib and one soft brush. Small watercolor box.

For art supplies in Florence: RIGACCI Via dei Servi 71/R (055-216206) ZECCHI Via dello Studio 19 (near Duomo)